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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''What Happens in Vegas, Slays in Vegas''}}
  
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{{ComicIssue
  
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|title = ''What Happens in Vegas, Slays in Vegas''
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|coverA = Vegas.jpg
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|coverA = vegas.jpg
  
 
|released = November 10, [[2010]]
  
|released = November 10, [[2010]]
 
|pages = 22
  
|pages = 22
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|series = [[Spike (IDW series)|''Spike'' (IDW series)]]
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|series = ''[[Spike (IDW series)|Spike]]''
 
|number = 2
  
|number = 2
 
|previous = ''[[Alone Together Now]]''
  
|previous = ''[[Alone Together Now]]''
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|publisher = [[IDW Publishing]]
  
|publisher = [[IDW Publishing]]
 
|writer = [[Brian Lynch]]
  
|writer = [[Brian Lynch]]
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|penciller = [[Franco Urru]] &<br />[[Nicola Zanni]]
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|penciller = [[Franco Urru]]<br>[[Nicola Zanni]]
 
|editor = [[Mariah Huehner]]
  
|editor = [[Mariah Huehner]]
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|coverart = Franco Urru with [[Fabio Mantovani]] (main)<br />[[Jenny Frison]] (incentive)
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|coverart = Franco Urru with [[Fabio Mantovani]]<br>[[Jenny Frison]]
 
|colorist = [[Andrea Priorini]]
  
|colorist = [[Andrea Priorini]]
 
|letterer = [[Neil Uyetake]]
  
|letterer = [[Neil Uyetake]]
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is the second issue of ''[[Spike (IDW series)|Spike]]'' comic book series. Written by [[Brian Lynch]] and illustrated by [[Franco Urru]] and [[Nicola Zanni]], it was originally published on November 10, [[2010]] by [[IDW Publishing]].
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is the second issue of the ''[[Spike (IDW series)|Spike]]'' comic book series. Written by [[Brian Lynch]] and illustrated by [[Franco Urru]] and [[Nicola Zanni]], it was originally published on November 10, [[2010]], by [[IDW Publishing]].
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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[[Spike]] takes in all Las Vegas has to offer — the gambling, the women, and a hit new show called ''[[Cirque de No Slay]]''. Yes, somebody's made a show about Spike's life, but they're rewriting history. Who’s responsible? The answer to that isn't half as shocking as how Spike handles it. Get ready for the ultimate battle of Spike vs. Evil!<ref>[https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/spike-1-of-8/ "Spike #1 (of 8)"]. ''[[IDW Publishing]]''. Retrieved September 10, 2019.</ref>
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[[Spike]] takes in all Las Vegas has to offer — the gambling, the women, and a hit new show called ''[[Cirque de No Slay]]''. Yes, somebody's made a show about Spike's life, but they're rewriting history. Who’s responsible? The answer to that isn't half as shocking as how Spike handles it. Get ready for the ultimate battle of Spike vs. Evil!<ref>[https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/spike-1-of-8/ "Spike #1 (of 8)."] ''[[IDW Publishing]]''. Retrieved on September 10, 2019.</ref>
   
 
==Summary==
  
==Summary==
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From the hotel [[Team Spike]] is staying in, Spike sees something when he looks out at the skyline. The next day, Spike, [[Beck]], and [[Betta George|George]] are watching a show called ''Cirque de No Slay'', where they show [[Slayer]]s in a bad light. After, it turns out that most gift shoppes are jam-packed with dark magic kinck-knacks. Spike says he found the "Big Bad Central", and shows Beck and George a [[Wolfram & Hart]] building.
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From the hotel [[Team Spike]] is staying in, Spike sees something when he looks out at the skyline. The next day, Spike, [[Beck]], and [[Betta George|George]] are watching a show called ''Cirque de No Slay'', where they show [[Slayer]]s in a bad light. After, it turns out that most gift shoppes are jam-packed with dark magic nick-knacks. Spike says he found the "Big Bad Central," and shows Beck and George a [[Wolfram & Hart]] building.
   
 
After a fight with the security guards, Spike is greeted by a [[possession|possessed]] [[Jeremy Johns]]. Acting as the new liaison for the Senior Partners, he takes Spike through a portal. In the portal, he shows random clips of time, and then supposedly shows what Wolfram & Hart intends to do to Las Vegas. "Jeremy" tells Spike it was fake, and they turn up in the White Suite Penthouse of Wolfram and Hart.
  
After a fight with the security guards, Spike is greeted by a [[possession|possessed]] [[Jeremy Johns]]. Acting as the new liaison for the Senior Partners, he takes Spike through a portal. In the portal, he shows random clips of time, and then supposedly shows what Wolfram & Hart intends to do to Las Vegas. "Jeremy" tells Spike it was fake, and they turn up in the White Suite Penthouse of Wolfram and Hart.
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"Jeremy" introduces Spike to John. Spike feels like he's met John before, and suddenly sees visions of his life and feels the things John feels. "Jeremy" says Wolfram & Hart suffered a major blow in Los Angeles, and it's slowly repairing. He also says that Las Vegas was making Los Angeles and [[Sunnydale]] seem like a candy factory, without [[demon]]s at all; all mankind. "Jeremy" reveals that W&H knew one of them will come, and they've got something prepared for all of them.
  
"Jeremy" introduces Spike to John. Spike feels like he's met John before, and suddenly sees visions of his life and feels the things John feels. "Jeremy" says Wolfram & Hart suffered a major blow in Los Angeles, and it's slowly repairing. He also says that Las Vegas was making Los Angeles and [[Sunnydale]] seem like a candy factory, without [[demon]]s at all; all mankind. "Jeremy" reveals that W&H knew one of them will come, and they've got something prepared for all of them.
   
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For [[Angel]], they're working on trapping [[Cordelia Chase]]'s essence in 'some gaudy bauble', and for [[Connor]], they're working on a pod-version of [[Darla]]. But for Spike, they had second thoughts, that maybe he'd get it, and tells Spike that he could leave them alone, or they could provide Spike a suite and he could keep watch on Wolfram & Hart. Spike refuses, and demands that Wolfram & Hart move, leave Jeremy, and hand over John. "Jeremy" says they can't do that, and John blasts Spike through the window.
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For [[Angel]], they're working on trapping [[Cordelia Chase]]'s essence in "some gaudy bauble," and, for [[Connor]], they're working on a pod-version of [[Darla]]. But for Spike, they had second thoughts, that maybe he'd get it, and tells Spike that he could leave them alone, or they could provide Spike a suite and he could keep watch on Wolfram & Hart. Spike refuses, and demands that Wolfram & Hart move, leave Jeremy, and hand over John. "Jeremy" says they can't do that, and John blasts Spike through the window.
   
 
Spike hangs on to a part of the window frame. "Jeremy" says he wasn't supposed to kill Spike, and John says he doesn't care. Spike sees someone, and lets go. It is revealed that it is [[Cordelia (dragon)|Cordelia, the dragon]] and the [[Groosalugg]].
  
Spike hangs on to a part of the window frame. "Jeremy" says he wasn't supposed to kill Spike, and John says he doesn't care. Spike sees someone, and lets go. It is revealed that it is [[Cordelia (dragon)|Cordelia, the dragon]] and the [[Groosalugg]].
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*Beck mentions the pro-vampire reality show ''[[Harmony Bites]]'', which debuted in ''[[Harmonic Divergence]]''.
  
*Beck mentions the pro-vampire reality show ''[[Harmony Bites]]'', which debuted in ''[[Harmonic Divergence]]''.
 
*Spike mentions there used to be a [[Wolfram & Hart Los Angeles branch]], as it disappeared after the [[fall of Los Angeles]] was reverted in ''[[After the Fall, Part Sixteen]]''.
  
*Spike mentions there used to be a [[Wolfram & Hart Los Angeles branch]], as it disappeared after the [[fall of Los Angeles]] was reverted in ''[[After the Fall, Part Sixteen]]''.
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*Spike and George recall [[Wolfram & Hart]] sending Los Angeles to hell, in "[[Not Fade Away]]".
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*Spike and George recall Wolfram & Hart sending Los Angeles to hell, in "[[Not Fade Away]]."
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*Spike is reunited with a now possessed Jeremy Johns, his ally from "[[Spike: After the Fall]]".
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*Spike is reunited with a now possessed Jeremy Johns, his ally from ''[[Spike: After the Fall]]''.
 
*Spike is brought to the White Suit Penthouse, a variation of the [[White Room]], ("[[Forgiving]]") with a panther rug instead of [[Big Cat]] ("[[Home]]").
  
*Spike is brought to the White Suit Penthouse, a variation of the [[White Room]], ("[[Forgiving]]") with a panther rug instead of [[Big Cat]] ("[[Home]]").
   
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===Locations===
  
===Locations===
 
*[[Hellmouth]] {{Om}}
  
*[[Hellmouth]] {{Om}}
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*Las Vegas
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*[[Las Vegas]]
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**[[Harth Fray|Hart]]
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**[[Hart]]
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*Los Angeles {{Om}}
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*[[Los Angeles]] {{Om}}
 
**[[Wolfram & Hart Los Angeles branch]] {{Om}}
  
**[[Wolfram & Hart Los Angeles branch]] {{Om}}
 
*[[Sunnydale]] {{Om}}
  
*[[Sunnydale]] {{Om}}
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===Weapons and objects===
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===Objects===
 
*''[[Cirque de No Slay]]''
  
*''[[Cirque de No Slay]]''
 
*''[[Harmony Bites]]'' {{Om}}
  
*''[[Harmony Bites]]'' {{Om}}
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==Behind the scenes==
  
==Behind the scenes==
 
===Production===
  
===Production===
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*The musical ''Cirque de No Slay'' has its name as a parody of the theatrical producer company [[wikipedia:Cirque du Soleil|Cirque du Soleil]], founded in 1984.
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*The musical ''Cirque de No Slay'' has its name as a parody of the theatrical producer company [[Wikipedia:Cirque du Soleil|Cirque du Soleil]], founded in 1984.
   
 
===Distribution===
  
===Distribution===
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*''{{PAGENAME}}'' was the 174th best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 9,262 sales in November 2010 at comic specialty stores.<ref>[https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/18918 "Top 300 Comics Actual--November 2010"]. ''ICv2'', December 6, 2010.</ref>
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*''{{PAGENAME}}'' was the 174th best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 9,262 sales in November 2010 at comic specialty stores.<ref>[https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/18918 "Top 300 Comics Actual--November 2010."] ''ICv2'', December 6, 2010.</ref>
   
 
===Collections===
  
===Collections===
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*"[[Alone Together Now (HC)|Alone Together Now]]"
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*''[[Alone Together Now (HC)|Alone Together Now]]''
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*"[[Spike: The Complete Series]]"
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*''[[Spike: The Complete Series]]''
   
 
===Pop culture references===
  
===Pop culture references===
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*George refers to musicals ''[[wikipedia:West Side Story|West Side Story]]'' (1957) and ''[[wikipedia:Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' (1939).
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*George refers to musicals ''[[Wikipedia:West Side Story|West Side Story]]'' (1957) and ''[[Wikipedia:Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' (1939).
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*George compares the gift shoppe with [[wikipedia:Hot Topic|Hot Topic]] retail chain and fictional location [[w:c:indianajones:Temple of Doom|Temple of Doom]].
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*George compares the gift shoppe with [[Wikipedia:Hot Topic|Hot Topic]] retail chain and fictional location [[w:c:indianajones:Temple of Doom|Temple of Doom]].
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*Spike mentions the "chocolate cereal vampire" [[wikipedia:Monster cereals|Count Chocula]] (1971).
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*Spike mentions the "chocolate cereal vampire" [[Wikipedia:Monster cereals|Count Chocula]] (1971).
   
 
==Gallery==
  
==Gallery==
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==References==
  
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 19:22, 4 August 2023

What Happens in Vegas, Slays in Vegas is the second issue of the Spike comic book series. Written by Brian Lynch and illustrated by Franco Urru and Nicola Zanni, it was originally published on November 10, 2010, by IDW Publishing.

Synopsis

Spike takes in all Las Vegas has to offer — the gambling, the women, and a hit new show called Cirque de No Slay. Yes, somebody's made a show about Spike's life, but they're rewriting history. Who’s responsible? The answer to that isn't half as shocking as how Spike handles it. Get ready for the ultimate battle of Spike vs. Evil![1]

Summary

From the hotel Team Spike is staying in, Spike sees something when he looks out at the skyline. The next day, Spike, Beck, and George are watching a show called Cirque de No Slay, where they show Slayers in a bad light. After, it turns out that most gift shoppes are jam-packed with dark magic nick-knacks. Spike says he found the "Big Bad Central," and shows Beck and George a Wolfram & Hart building.

After a fight with the security guards, Spike is greeted by a possessed Jeremy Johns. Acting as the new liaison for the Senior Partners, he takes Spike through a portal. In the portal, he shows random clips of time, and then supposedly shows what Wolfram & Hart intends to do to Las Vegas. "Jeremy" tells Spike it was fake, and they turn up in the White Suite Penthouse of Wolfram and Hart.

"Jeremy" introduces Spike to John. Spike feels like he's met John before, and suddenly sees visions of his life and feels the things John feels. "Jeremy" says Wolfram & Hart suffered a major blow in Los Angeles, and it's slowly repairing. He also says that Las Vegas was making Los Angeles and Sunnydale seem like a candy factory, without demons at all; all mankind. "Jeremy" reveals that W&H knew one of them will come, and they've got something prepared for all of them.

For Angel, they're working on trapping Cordelia Chase's essence in "some gaudy bauble," and, for Connor, they're working on a pod-version of Darla. But for Spike, they had second thoughts, that maybe he'd get it, and tells Spike that he could leave them alone, or they could provide Spike a suite and he could keep watch on Wolfram & Hart. Spike refuses, and demands that Wolfram & Hart move, leave Jeremy, and hand over John. "Jeremy" says they can't do that, and John blasts Spike through the window.

Spike hangs on to a part of the window frame. "Jeremy" says he wasn't supposed to kill Spike, and John says he doesn't care. Spike sees someone, and lets go. It is revealed that it is Cordelia, the dragon and the Groosalugg.

Continuity

Appearances

Individuals

Organizations and titles

Species

Events

Locations

Objects

Death count

  • Two vampires, incinerated by Beck.

Behind the scenes

Production

  • The musical Cirque de No Slay has its name as a parody of the theatrical producer company Cirque du Soleil, founded in 1984.

Distribution

  • What Happens in Vegas, Slays in Vegas was the 174th best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 9,262 sales in November 2010 at comic specialty stores.[2]

Collections

Pop culture references

Gallery

Cover artwork

Quotes

Spike: "There's a new sheriff in town and he's frightfully cooler than— Hell."

References

  1. ↑ "Spike #1 (of 8)." IDW Publishing. Retrieved on September 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Top 300 Comics Actual--November 2010." ICv2, December 6, 2010.
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